hindsight

noun

hind·sight ˈhīn(d)-ˌsīt

: perception of the nature of an event after it has happened

In hindsight, it's clear there were alternatives.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Examples of hindsight in a Sentence

It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.

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In hindsight, the memo’s most striking quality is its marginalization of the rep players. —

Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 The Soviet Union’s reliance on stray dogs was practical in retrospect—and, in hindsight, incredibly symbolic. —

Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 In hindsight, the trio sounds close to the chamber-pop of the late 1960s, a precursor to the Mamas and the Papas, the Association and Simon and Garfunkel. —

Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 In hindsight, there were obvious signs this could happen. —

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